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VIETNAMESE
ARTICLES
19 June 2009
A Humble Heart (Part 5)
In order to enjoy God’s blessings, you and I must humble
ourselves before Him. Humility is to read and believe God’s Word with a
submissive heart. Humility is to repent of our sins and receive the Lord
Jesus as our Saviour. Moreover, we shall be more humble when we know the
Lord and ourselves better.
Know the Lord and Ourselves:
A person with his Bachelor degree may proudly look down
on the uneducated but bow low to a person with a Ph.D or a scientist. A
manager may proudly bully his staff but bow low to a CEO. A lightweight
boxer may be proud of his strength but bow low to a heavyweight boxer. A
robber despises and robs others but bows low in fear when he is
handcuffed by a policeman or summoned to appear at a court. Dear
friends, the more you know the Lord, even the almighty and all-knowing
Creator and Judge with all supreme authority while you are only sinful
creatures, the more you will humble yourselves and honour Him. The more
you know the almighty, all-wise, loving and kind God, the more you love
Him and put your trust in Him. Job argued with his friends to defend
himself when they misjudged him in his trial, but after having met the
almighty and all-knowing God, he said, “I have heard of thee by the
hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor
myself, and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:5-6). When seeing the
holy and glorious LORD, the prophet Isaiah said, “Woe is me! for I am
undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of
a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of
hosts” (Isa 6:5). After many years of serving the Lord, the apostle
Paul said, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am
chief” (1 Tim 1:15).
Dear friends, do you really know the Lord and yourselves?
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